Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-05-20


| Grand Junction In December last.
The annual encampment of the south
western Soldiers and Sailors association
VIII be held at Three Rivers August % To
26 inclusive. Ex-Gov. Blair will deliver
the Grafton.
During a drunken row in Bostwick' ;
saloon in Pontiac the other night, I'd.
Douglass, painter was fatally stabbed V
Thos. O'Brien in the abdomen. Douglass
cannot live
Within a few DAYS Adrian college has
been enriched by two requests, both from
PittsLurg parties. VIM. Morrison be
queathed 5000 and Mr.. Reeves SO 900 to
the institution.
George A. Cross of Chelsea got a YER
dict of 5000 against the Lake Shore rail
way for injuries TO his leg through falling
into a hole on the company grounds at
Fittsford in 1881.
John Snyder, the Mountcalm county
Turner who murdered his wife and then
attempted suicide by cutting his owa
throat, has since died There is no doubt
that the man was insane.
The new smelling works OF the Calumet
Il Hecla copper mine at Groverton, near
Lake Linden have been started up. The
works are the largest in the country and
give employment To "A small army of men
Thomas c. Pitkin, ID. D., for II years
rector of st. Paul's Episcopal church.
Detroit. and for IA, eight years since his
retirement clio ely identified with the in
terests of the dioce e. died at his home in
Detroit on the llth inst
Martin Handy. received at the Jackson
prison from Delta county No. :, 1874, on
an eleven years sentence for arson, died
a few days ago Of consumption. His
friends having refused 10 bury the body il
was sent to Ann Arbor.
Deputy Game and Fish Warden Oliver
England living at Gun Lake Barry coun.
", has been sent to Jail for ten days, hav.
ing pleaded guilty TO fishing with "A net in
Gun river in Allegan county. JoseIh Col
li,on. arrested on a like charge stands
trial
The Rev. J.. l.. Rogers. rector of the
Episcopal church in Fenton died recently
aged II years. For the first eighteen years
he was minister in the NJ +. Church
but in 1853 Joined the Episcopal church, in
a resident OF Fenton lin 1871. Hi, funer
al was conducte 10y Bishop Harris
The city council OF Cadillac has executed
a contract with jas. NJ. Ashley, Jr., for the
extension of the Toledo a Ann Arbor rail
road from its presen Mt terminus 20 Cadn-
lac, and Sc, 0Ol in bond, are to be issued
and deposited with Toledo bankers in
trust for Ashley if the road is competed
Work at this end must begin within thir-
ty days.
William Walsh has brought suit against
the firm of Eddy Bros. q Co, of Bay City
TO- damages to the amount OF $4,000 for
INJURIES received while at work in TIA .ir
mill, by which, 10 ue the complainant
own words, he became sick, sore lame
and disordered for long space OF time
and that his right arm is permanently
crippled
Mrs. Corneliu. Gondzward, the wife OF a
mechanic at Grand Rapids, died suddenly
and singularly ,ew days ago. She eN-
perienced "A peculiar sensation on her left
foot ust above the heel, and upon exam
lining the place found that a vein hid
broken, caused by excessive enlargement
anu w rs lltfulnE tNilt Nv va buA
six hours having bed 20 death.
Mrs Dean Mix Of Kalamo, Eaton
county, was thrown from a buggy a few
days ago AMI probably fatally hurt, one
limb being broken and other severe In
iuries sustained. Her father, named Slater.
was killed by the cars several years ago,
her other I'd. was drowned two years ago
While fishing. and her mother Is at present
almost helpless from a stroke ofpara ysis.
The state medical society, at its annual
meeting in Lansing, elected the following
officers: President T. A. McGraw Detroit;
vice pre- ,ident,. DR.. lyle, Bay City: Or
Herdman, Ann Arbor; Dr. Rose, Decatur,
Or Gooner, Big Rapids tire tsurer IL. b.
Hemenway Ia amaZoo. Secretary Du Held
Of Detroit holds over. Tha following De
troit members were chosen delegates TO
the Anne lean medical association in ISIS:
Drs. Brodie, Shurly. Hutton. Maclean. Nc
Graw, Walker Counor George Duflie d.
Ca stems ami Lundy. The next meeting
will be he a in Detroit. One section has
adopted a memorial asking the legislature
state board Of health.
At the annual conclave Of the grand
commandery Of knight, templar of Mich-
gan he d in Grand Ra1id,, the following
officers were elected tor the ensuing year:
Commander Thomas II. Williams. Jack
son: deputy, Charles +. Bigeow. Big
Rapids generalissimo John A Gerow,
Marshall captain general, VIM G.. Doty'
Ann Arbor: prcate. the Rev T. A. Blades
Detroit; sen or warden, Edward G. Smith,
Pontiac; jun or warden, j. :. Conover,
Coldwater; treasurer, II. Shaw Noble
Monroe: re order, VIM. =. lnnes, Grand
Rapids standard bearer, Henry l.. An
thony, Sturgi, sword bearer, Chas H.
Pomery Bay City: warden VIM r. jew
EFT Adrian; sentinel Alex VI Gregor, De
troit.